The Mojave War, step by step

The crossing where the road met the river would carry his name: Beale's Crossing. Image: AI illustration.

Ives wrote warmly of Cairook in his official report, calling him a staunch friend. Image: AI illustration.

He withdraws to press for a far larger force.

On April 28 it is named Fort Mojave. Image: AI illustration.

The Army counted twenty-three Mojave dead and three soldiers wounded. Mojave accounts recorded by Sherer remember an attack on people in their fields, with a heavier toll that included women and children. The Mojave made the peace they kept from then on.